Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Peter E. Kirby, Partner
Peter Kirby's practice covers the spectrum of issues that arise when goods and services are traded across borders, including trade and regulatory compliance issues, trade agreements, trade remedies such as anti-dumping and countervailing duty actions, international commercial arbitration and investor-state arbitration, customs law and export and import controls. He represents clients before governmental and administrative agencies and the Federal Court and is frequently involved in appellate litigation of trade and customs issues.
Peter has acted for and advised corporations, state enterprises and federal and provincial government departments and agencies on a wide range of international issues. He has acted as counsel in several investor-state arbitrations under Chapter Eleven of NAFTA and under Bilateral Investment Treaties and has advised clients in both the public and private sector on investor-state disputes. Over the last twenty years he has acted as counsel in over forty anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations, from his first case involving Charcoal Briquettes from the U.S. in 1986 to Aluminum Extrusions from China in 2013.
As part of his regulatory practice, Peter has developed considerable expertise in Food Law, advising food companies and industry associations on regulatory compliance in the food business, including novel food approvals and product recalls.
He is a frequent speaker in Canada and abroad on international trade issues. He has also been an invited speaker on international law topics at numerous meetings of the American Bar Association.
In 2013, Peter was named Montréal’s International Trade and Finance Law Lawyer of the Year: by the publication Best Lawyers, and has been recognized by The American Lawyer and Lexpert as one of Canada’s leading 500 lawyers since 2012.
I. Additional Biographies
II. Honours and Awards
- Regognized by the 2015 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada in the area of international trade
- Recognized by the Lexpert 2014 Guide to the Leading US-Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in the area of international trade regulation
- Recognized by the The Legal 500 Canada 2015 edition in the area of international trade
- Recognized by the Who's Who Legal: Canada 2014 in the area of trade and customs
- Recognized as one of Canada's 500 leading lawyers by Lexpert and The American Lawyer
- Ranked by Benchmark Litigation as a national litigation star in international arbitration
- Recognized as one of Canada's best International Trade and Finance Law lawyers by The Best Lawyers in Canada (2006-2015 editions)
- Recognized as one of the leading Canadian practitioners in the areas of International Trade Regulation and Commodity Tax/Customs by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
- Recognized as one of Canada's best lawyers in his field of expertise by Chambers Global
- Recognized as one of Canada's best lawyers in his field of expertise by The World's Leading Lawyers
- Recognized as one of Canada's best lawyers in his field of expertise by Euromoney Group
- Recognized as one of Canada's best lawyers in his field of expertise by Guide to the World's Leading Trade Lawyers
III. Membership/Affiliations
- Vice-Chairman, Canada Committee, Section of International Law, American Bar Association
- Vice-Chairman, International Trade Committee, Section of International Law, American Bar Association (2004-2006)
- Member, Appeals Advisory Committee of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
- Member, Editorial Board, North American Corporate Lawyer (2000-2003)
- Member, Auditor General's Advisory Committee on the Special Examination of the Canadian Dairy Commission (1999-2000)
- Chairman, Canadian Importers Association, Québec Chapter (1998 to 2000)
- Member, Canadian Importers Association, National Board of Directors (1998-2000)
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Canadian Bar Association, Sales and Commodity Tax Committee
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association, International Law Section
- Member, New York Bar Association
- Member, New York Bar Association, International Law Section
- Member, Canadian Importers Association
- President, Ireland-Canada Chamber of Commerce (1990-1993)
- Member, The Canadian International Trade Tribunal, Bench and Bar Committee (1995-1999)
- Member, Auditor General's Advisory Committee on Government Procurement (1995-1996)
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